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Application filed April 6, 1917. Serial No. 1 68318.

Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This inventlon relates to a machine for addressing newspapers or the like, preferably by printing the address directly thereon,

and for folding the paper and otherwise preparing it for transmission through the mails. The object of the invention is to provide such a machine which will operate accurately and at a high rate of speed.

My invention willbest be understood by reference to the following description of tlie illustrative embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a machine constructed in accordance with my invention;

l ig. l is a central longitudinal section;

Figs. 2 and 3 are side elevations from the right and left, respectively, of Fig. 1, Slillplified by the omission of remote parts;

Figs. 4i and are end elevations as seen from the upper and lower sides, respecti ely, of Fig. 1; s

Fig. 6 is a detail of the pneumatic nozzle utilized in a separating mechanism;

Fig. 7 is an elevation of a separating blade which works in conjunction with the nomle and the operating mechanism there for;

Fig. 8 is a front elevation and a partial plan of the extracting gripper;

,F 9 is a central section through the partial plan in 8;

Fig. 10 is a side elevation and a plan of the mechanism which handles the original pile of newspapers introduced to the machine;

l 11 is a side el VittlOD and plan of the operating means for the separatiugblade illustrated in Fig. 7;

Fig. 12 is an elevation and plan of the guidowe or galley for the printing plates and also shows the arrangement of the inking ribbon; and a Fig. la is a side elevation and plan of the feeding device for the printing mechanism.

1 shall first describe in a preliminary way the general ope' ten of the inachinehere shown before ng upon a detailed description of its. mechanical construction.

Herein a number of newspapers as delivered from the press are piled on a movable table from which they are successively removed, the paper at the bottom of the pile being separated from the rest by means of suitable separating devices and seized and drawn out by a gripper similar in form to a pair of pincers. At a proper point in the motion of this gripper it releases the newspaper, dropping it to a surface along which endless bands or tapes are passing at high speed and which position the newspaper against suitable gages for operation thereon of the printing mechanism. After the printing operation the movement of the gripper in its regular cycle to the next newspaper effects a backward movement of the newspaper already acted upon, delivering it to certain rollers and tape belts which carry it to a folding knife or blade which folds the same and delivers it to a conveyer. All

these operations are performed within a very short space of time constituting a cycle of the machine. The printing is preferably effected by means of plates which may be suitably classified and stored in special receptacles provided as accessories of the machine, the plates beingreturned to said re ceptacles after the addresses have been printed on the newspapers. The proper classification of the plates is thus preserved without difficulty. I I

' Referring to the drawings, particularly to Fig. l, the mechanisms here shown may take motion through a suitable driving pulley 1' loose on the shaft l? and adapted to be clutched thereto by clutch 38 operated by clutch lever 39 pivoted at a0 and positioned by the notched arm ll. In Fig. 2 is shown the manner in which the principal shafts of the machine are driven from main shaft l2. The main shaft 412 carries a pinion l3 meshing with gear on shaft 4%. From shaft 4 1 the gear train 45, 75, 74:, 73, 72, 71,

drives cam shaft 70, andcam shaft 1.82 takes motion from shaft 70 through intermeshing gears 71 and 164:. The means by which other parts receive their motion will appear as the description proceeds.

I shall first describe the drivingmeans for the gripper 52 which removes the news "iapers one by one from the supply thereof. For operating this device I have here shown Fig. 1) a crank wheel 17 on shaft 4A which nae-ans of crank pin 46 and connecting rod l7 oscillates lever 48 pivoted at its lower depending portions 51 working in slots in the table 61, which depending portions serve as gages to position the newspapers for the printing operation and serve also as means for advancing them toward the conveying bands which carry them to the folding device. As herein shown igs. 8 and 9),

the grippers consist of an upper fixed jaw 52 and a lower movable jaw 53 mounted on a rock shaft 54: which is operated (Fig. 1) by a crankarm 55 provided with a roller 56 traveling in a slot in. the vertically reciprocating slide 57. which slide has a cam fol lower 58 cooperating with a cam 35 1 and 5). The reciprocation of the slide 57 causes the crank arm to rock and the gripper jaws to open and close at proper times. I a

Cooperating with the gripper are stops 59 (Figs. 1 and 1") carried by the arms 27 projecting inwardly from-each side of the machine. The steps 59 engage the newspaper as the grippers recede toward the left to the position shown in Fig. 1 and hold it in position as the jaws open. The newspaper is thus freed from the jaws and falls to the slotted supporting surface 61 in certain of the slots of which move the upper runs of the tape belts 24: traveling at high speed, to the left-in 1., over the pulleys which are belt driven. from pulley 62(F The newspapers to be acted upon are fed to the machine by being piled on the-table 7 Fig. 1) which is provided with lateral uprights (33 and has arranged. before it a rock-- iug gage (itsnpported by the lateral stan land operated by the projection on the upper part of the gripper. it will be understood that the gripper moves to the right in Figs. 1 and 1 to 21rd the newspa pcrs on the table 7, and in doing so the projection 65 will engage the gage 8 1- rocking thesame and bringing the newspapers in the pile into proper alinement.

The table 7 reciprocatcs vertically. being provided with the depending posts 66m v- ,ing in guideways 10 and provided with racks 7 6 with which the sector gears 4 4. mounted on rock ft 36:, are engaged. The rock shaft is operated by crank arm 7 8, connecting rod 80. and cam 79 cooperating with the follower 81 on the connecting rod 80. This mechanism is shown in detail in 10 and from that figure it will be clear that the movement of the sector gears and consequently the travel of the table 7 may be adjusted by .varyingthe point ofconnection shown in Fig- 1, to admit the jaws of the grippers and is further cut away angularlyat one side to provide space for the suction nozzle 67 which is connected by pipe 11 to an air pump 12 (see Fig. l/Vhen the table 7 descends, the endof the lowermost newspaper thereon is engaged by this suction nozzle and retained thereby when the table rises the edge of the newspaper being slightly bent and providing an open ing between that newspaper and the next above which facilitates the introduction of the separating blade or knife (see Fig. 1). This knife is inserted between the lowermost newspaper and those above it in the pile to insure that the former will be seized by the separating grippers. The pump 12 may be of any usual or desired form and I have herein (Figs. 3 and 4) shown the cylinder oscillating on a journal 68 and the piston red as driven by a crank disk 69 on shaft 70 which takes its motion through the gear train 71; 72. 73, '74, 75. 45 (Fig. 2).

The separating blade derives its motion from shaft 70 and is operated (Figs. '1 and 11) by a cam 31 in the cam groove of which engages the follower R3 of a connecting rod 81- guided'in its motion by the arms 85 can bracing shaft 70. The connecting rod'oscillates arm 86 which is loose on shaft36; and inone of the openings 87 provided for purposes of adjustment in crank arm 86 is Socinred a rod 88 connected in itst-urn to the arm 89 which, as best shown in Figs. 7 and 3, is mountedon the shaft 90 which carries the separating blade 22. As best seen in Fig. 7 the rod 88 connected to the parts 86 and 89, respectively, by universal. joints permitting oscillation in any direction. The shaft 90 is journaled in sleeve 93 forming a part of a bracket secured to the frame of the machine. Itwill be understood that in each cycle of the machine the blade 22 swings inwardly from the position shown in Fig. 1 and is inserted between the lowermost paper ontable 7 and the overlying papers. The extent of its motion will be nntlcrstood from F 1 by notingthat the recess at the rear ofthe blade is designed to register with the central recess of'the table, these recesses permitting the jaws of thegripper to extend in over the edge ofthe lowern'iost paper 7 without interference.

From the description so far given. it will be understood that in the initial operation suction nozzle 67. As the table again rises, the lowermost newspaper is somewhat separated from the rest and the blade 22 then swings in and completes the separation. Meanwhile, the gripper slide 14 has been moving toward the right in Fig. 1 and the fixed upper jaw 7 enters between the newspapers where separated and the lower jaw then closes on the newspaper through the recess at the center of the front edge of the table and thatin the blade, both shown in Fig. 1. The gripper then retreats toward the position shown in Fig. 1 and as its jaws pass the stops 59 they are opened and it to the left in Fig. 1 until it engages the fingers 51 depending from the slide 14 and which serve as gages to positlon 1t beneath the printing mechanism, the printing action taking place during the dwell of the slide due to the actuation thereof by a crank mechanism.

The printing mechanism here shown opcrates by means of address plates 94, a suitable nuni'ber of which may be piled in a container or feed case 8 (Fig. 2) mounted on the transverse guide or galley 37 through I which the plates travel. As best shown at the-bottom of Fig. 1 and in Fig. 2, a plunger plate 95 is caused to reciprocate in the slot 97 in the end of galley 37 (see Fig. 12)

by means of the arm 5, and at each strokeof this plunger a plate is fed from the bottom of the pile in the case 7 and moved along in the galley 37, pushing before it the plates which have previously been inserted. The plates thus fed forward come to rest over the supporting projection 98 (Fig. 12) where they lie beneath the newspaper held by the stops 51. While in this position the printing hammer 28 Fig; 1) descends and causes the plate to print on the paper through the inking ribbon 112. The hammer may be operated as here shown by a cross head 160 (Fig. 1) supported by depending posts 200 to which a vertical reciprocating motion. is given by two cams 201 on shaft 132. Thecross head may be held when desired in an elevated position to hold the hammer out of action by means of the latch 99 (Fig.2).

In the present instance, the inking ribbon is carried on spools 20 and 20' (Fig. 12) and passes over guide rolls 113 and 114v which hold it in proximity to the galley 37. The ribbon may be driven from the shaft (Fig, 2) which herein carries a cam operating the rod 107 and through this latter the crank lever 108 provided with a pawl 109 which engages with and drives the ratchet wheel 129 carried by the sleeve or hollow shaft 110; A crank handle 111 is also provided by which the ratchet may be manually advanced when desired. The sleeve 110 (Fig. 12) is journaled in a suitable bracket and freely receives the end of shaft 115 which may be connected thereto by the double-acting clutch 29 provided on sleeve 110. In Fig. 12 the clutch is shown in neutral position. If we suppose it shifted to the left into engagement with clutch disk- 121 on shaft 115, the spool 20 will be driven by the bevel gears 119 and 120, the gear 120 being fast on shaft'115, and wind the ribbon in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 12. On the other hand, if it is shifted to the right into contact with disk 118 which forms a part of bevel pinion 117 loose on sleeve 110, the spool 20 will be operated throughthe bevel pinions 117 and 116 and wind up the ribbon in the contrary direction. 2

The entrance of each printing plate into the guide or galley 37 imparts motion to all the plates therein and oausesthe discharge of one of the plates from the farther end. This plate will enter the receiv- .ing case 19 (Figs. 3 and 5) arranged at the farther end of the galley, this case being provided with an inclined bottom, as seen in F ig. 5, so as to cause the plates to slide and stack themselves properly under the influence of gravity. The case 19, which is removableis soarranged as to descend as the plates are fed thereto. For this purpose, as seen in Figs. 5' and 3, it is mounted on a support 166 from which rises a rack 100 with which meshes a gear on the shaft of ratchet wheel 13 Fig. The receiving case 19 is thus lowered with a step-by-step movement asthe plates are delivered thereto.

The arm 5 which feeds the plates along the galley may be held out of action when desired. and for that purposecarries at its end a movable latch 96 (Fig. 13) which may engage with a notch formed in the lower part of arm 41 (see Fig. 1). mit the arm to be thus locked out, it is yieldingly operated and I have herein (see Fig. 13) shown it as oscillating about a center 105 and driven by-a face cam 4 engaging the cam follower 106. A suitable spring 26 maintains the contact between the fol lower 106 and the cam 41 and it is the force of this spring which feeds the plates along the galley, as will be well understood by inspection of Fig. 1. The arm 5 can thus be locked out against the force of thespring,

and furthermore, in the case of any obupon, the gripper again starts toward the.

right, viewing Fig. 2, and in doing so the projections 51. will push it forward in spite of the contrary feeding motion of the belts 24 until it engages the fluted rollers 25 To perwhich carry it onward until it is delivered to :thetape belts 122 (Fig. 1).

The rollers 25 are driven by belts 169 (Fig.2) from pulley 159 on shaft 168, itself belt driven from shaft 132 which takes its motion from shaft 70 through the gears 7,1 and 164, The newspaper-is delivered by the rollers 25 to the tape belts 122 which shaft 125 driven from a cam 126 (Fig. 2) by means of the connecting rod. 128 and the crank arm 127, a spring 130 holding the follower 229-in contact with the cam. The cam shaft 131 is driven from shaft 132 by the bevel gears 3. By this mechanism the rolls 123 are caused to descend intermittently and press the papers against the bands 122 which are driven from shaft 132 by sprocket 133 (Fig. 3), chain 134, sprocket 136, chain 33, sprocket 138 which'is on the axle of the band wheels 23 over which the tapes 122 are trained, the tapes being maintained under tension by. tension rolls 140.

The papers are thus delivered to the table 137 of the folding mechanism into contact with the gage 158 (Fig. 3). The table (Fig. 1) is provided with an elongated opens ing 141 through which the newspaper may be pressed by the folding blade 6 (Fig. 4).

This blade is carried by the arms 142 on shaft 143 which is provided also with an arm 144 which may be adjusted by the thumb screws 145 to vary thethrow ofthe arms 142. The arm 144'is normally drawn in a clockwise direction, viewing'Fig-t, by the spring 162 and is moved against the action of the springby the connecting rod 266 provided with a follower 147 cooperating with cam 30 on shaft 131.

The descent of the arm 6 presses a doubled portion of the newspaper between two rollers 148 just beneath and on opposite sides of the opening 141 in the table, one of these rollers carrying a bevel pinion 149 driven by a similar pinion 34 on shaft 139. The paper will thus be fed downward and creased in its folded condition by the rollers 148 and will be delivered by them to one pair 1 of the arms or paddles 15 forming a trans fer wheel mounted on a shaft 163 chaindriven by sprocket 153, chain 151 and sprocket152 which takes motion from cam shaft 131 through gears 267. The paddle wheel rotates in a counterclockwise direction. I viewing Fig. 4 and deposits the folded newspapers one by one, as'received thereby, on the tapes 157 running over pulleys 16 which ;deliver the: newspapers, folded and ready for mailing, at the side of the machine. The tapes are here shown as driven from sprocket 153 onshaft 163 by chain 154and serted in bulk in the magazine 8. After the case 19 is emptied, it is placed on'the opposite side of the machine on the supporting member 166 (Fig. 5) and is refilledby the plates originally therein, after impressions have been made therefrom. The plates can thus be kept in classified order without difliculty. The machine may be used for folding purposes onlyby locking out the printing hammer 28 by means of the latch 99 whereby the cross head 160 is prevented from descending.- The plate feed will also be stopped by engagement of the latch 96 with the notch formed on the lower part of arm 41, as al ready described.

I have described in detail the particular mechanisms shown in the accompanying drawings as a part of the organized machine forming a preferred embodiment of my invention. It will be understood, however, that the detailed character of this description has a descriptive rather than a definitive purpose and that the details of construction might be widely varied without departing from the spirit of the invention. The principles exemplified by the specific disclosure and which I consider new and desire to secure by Letters Patent I shall eX- press in the following claims v I hereby declare that what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a machine of the class described, a magazine for receiving a pile of newspapers or the like, a reciprocating gripper for withdrawing one therefrom, belts to receive the paper so withdrawn and .a gage cooperating therewith for positioning the paper for operation of suitable mechanism thereon, means to move said gage to deliver the paper from said belts and feeding means to receive the paper so delivered.

2. In a machine of the class described, a magazinefor receiving a pile of newspapers or the like, a reciprocating gripper for with- .the like, conveyer' means at opposite sides thereof for moving papers in opposite directions, gages cooperating therewith and means adapted on each cycle to feed a paper from the magazine to one conveyer means and to deliver a paper from said one means to the other.

4-. In a mechanism of the class described, a support having a cut-away edge, separating means adjacent said cut-away portion, a gripper adapted to enter said portion, a movable gage adjacent said front edge and means carried by said gripper for operating said gage.

5. In a mechanism of the class described, a reciprocating support, a suction nozzle presented adjacent the edge of the support at its lower position, a separating blade arranged to move in over the edge of the support and a gripper movable to and from the support.

6. A mechanism as described in claim 6 wherein the edge of the support and the blade are recessed to receive the gripper.

T. In a. machine of the class described, a magazine for receiving a pile of newspapers or the like, a crosshead movable toward and from the same, a gripper carried by the crosshead, means for operating the jaws of the same, belts beneath the path of the cross head and fingers depending from the crosshead and extending between the belts.

8. A machine as defined in claim 8 wherein the crosshead is actuated by a crank and connecting rod whereby said fingers may serve as gages during the dwell of the rod as the crank comes to dead center.

the same, stop means for ejecting the paper from the jaws, belts beneath the path of the crosshead and fingers depending from the crosshead and extending between the belts.

10. In a machine of the class described, a

magazine for receiving a pile of newspapers or the like, a. crosshead movable toward and from the same, a gripper carried by the crosshead, means for operating the aws of the same, a slotted table beneath the path of the crosshead, belts having their upper runs exposed through certain slots and fingers depending from the crosshead and working in other slots.

11. In a machine of the class described, a magazine to receive a pile of newspapers or the like, a reciprocating member for withdrawing papers from the pile, a plate swing ably mounted before said pile and means carried by said member to swing said plate whereby to aline the papers in the pile.

EXEQUIEL PEDRO PAZ.

Witnesses PEDRO A. BRENEZ. A. L. N. ZELLO. 

